Analysis of Have You Worn My Shoes?



If you have never worn my shoes
Then tell me why it is you choose
To criticize the path I take
Or destinations that I make
A part of life you do not know
Or reasons why I to live it so.

Don't tell me how to tie each shoe,
Since you don't see them from my view.
Regardless of their shine or size,
To judge another is not wise.

My challenges you have not seen
Nor know me well and yet demean
What you have never understood;
You were not me in my childhood!


Scheme AABBCC DDEE FFGG
Poetic Form
Metre 11110111 11111111 1100111 1010111 01111111 110111111 11111111 11111111 01011111 11010111 11001111 11110101 1111001 1011011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 456
Words 103
Sentences 4
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 6, 4, 4
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 117
Words per stanza (avg) 32

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Written on September 12, 2023

Submitted by stevec.24118 on September 12, 2023

Modified by stevec.24118 on September 12, 2023

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